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Vietnamese and Maithili


Maithili and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Vietnam  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
pranam  

Thank You
Cam on  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Suprabhaat  

Please
xin vui lòng  
kripaya  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
maf karai  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Alavidā  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
North India  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
vietnamien  
maithili  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
14th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
14  
13
40  
37

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
mai  

ISO 639 3
vie  
mai  

ISO 639 6
vie  
mai  

Glottocode
viet1252  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Vietnamese and Maithili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Maithili Speaking population

Vietnamese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Vietnamese and Maithili on Vietnamese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Maithili Language Codes

Vietnamese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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